Just ordered The Witcher

Notorious Lee · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:16

The missus has just ordered The Witcher for me for Christmas due to the excellent reviews I have read.

I am hoping it is going to provide real depth & open ended gameplay is this what I can expect?

Rapacious · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:16

I'd hope not or your missus isn't going to see much of you this Christmas.

MoratJG · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:32

It's a great game.

The Holy Grail of free game playing has yet to be achieved (IMO) but The Witcher does allow you to do, pretty much, what you feel like doing at the time. There are no "wrong" choices. Your actions will have consequences, often consequences you could not have foreseen. Ultimately though, as in life, you will have to pick a side.

Chronictank · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:36

Notorious Lee said:
The missus has just ordered The Witcher for me for Christmas due to the excellent reviews I have read.

I am hoping it is going to provide real depth & open ended gameplay is this what I can expect?

Its linear in the sense that you are shepherded from one zone to another, but once you are there you can do pretty much what you want

Notorious Lee · 12 Dec 2007 at 12:58

But overall it has great depth & visually good as well I take it?

Shamikebab · 12 Dec 2007 at 13:06

its very good so far (im only in act 1) but the loading times are driving me nuts, seems to take ages to go into a house then back out into an open area

Hobgoblin · 12 Dec 2007 at 13:18

a patch is coming very soon which will help a lot apparently. also adding it to Alchemy if your in vista helps with the loading times for some reason.

Notorious. yep. its not graphically good in the sense of oblivion and shineyness, but it has that gritty feel to it with some really nice affects, choices really matter. i actually felt pretty sad after one of my decisions early on in the game :confused:

the first bit is easy and trains you up and then your set out along your journey. the combat may take some getting used to if your used to other RPG's i take it (i dont usually play them, this is a exception) but i found it well thought out and intuitive.

Surfer · 12 Dec 2007 at 15:15

depends on the spec of your pc how bad the loading times will be. For me its 8-10 seconds tops.

Herojuana · 12 Dec 2007 at 15:47

Great game.

Sinny · 12 Dec 2007 at 18:13

Thats what i like about RPG games, especially the witcher. The combat system is addictive and fun while remaining to RPG elements and is not entirely linear. The other great thing is if you dont rush this and do it on medium/hard mode it will last you a while

Camalot · 12 Dec 2007 at 19:07

Completed this last week and its was such an amazing game

Shamikebab · 13 Dec 2007 at 01:51

my systems pretty top end and the loading times seem ridiculous

boobies compensated for it though

Rob43 · 13 Dec 2007 at 08:17

I'm near the end(chapter 5)

Best game i have bought in the last year,by a long way

Enjoy mate

Rob

platypus · 13 Dec 2007 at 10:03

Surfer said:
depends on the spec of your pc how bad the loading times will be. For me its 8-10 seconds tops.

Yeah load times seem ace for me (all two that I've so far managed with my bugged game

).

Neil79 · 13 Dec 2007 at 10:07

Awsome game , goty for me

Shamikebab · 13 Dec 2007 at 14:42

The loading times were fine for the prologue, then i got to the first big-ish town in chapter 1 (with the reverend) and they seem to have doubled

z0mbi3 · 13 Dec 2007 at 14:44

The loading times and performance in some areas is the biggest problem.

Patch 1.2 is expected any time now.

rincinDub · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:56

My Girlfriend has the special edition of this. it comes with a key ring, t-shirt, a movie and some books. I have to say the graphics look excellent.